15.6.17

British and EU negotiators to launch Brexit talks on Monday

FILE PHOTO: EU and Union flags fly above
Parliament Square in London, Britain March 25, 2017.
REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Britain's Brexit
minister David Davis and the European Union's chief negotiator Michel
Barnier will start talks over Britain's departure from the EU on Monday,
Britain's Department for Exiting the European Union and the European
Commission said on Thursday in a joint statement."David
Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, and Michel
Barnier, the European Commission's Chief Negotiator, agreed today to
launch Article 50 negotiations on Monday, 19 June," the statement read.EU officials have said the talks will be in Brussels.
Source:Reuters